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1760:List of Ulster Unionist Party Peers
975:"Nesbitt to contest UUP leadership"
925:. Newsletter.co.uk. 13 March 2012.
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1822:2012 elections in Northern Ireland
1169:"McNarry return as MLA 'unlikely'"
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642:Minister for Regional Development
1057:"Two horse Ulster Unionist race"
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1059:. Bbc.co.uk. 16 March 2012.
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